In this football language post for learners of English we look at the football expression 'own goal'.
What is the meaning of 'Workmanlike performance' in football?
Close the gap at the top: What's the meaning of the phrase 'to close the gap at the top' in football?
What is the meaning of the phrases 'to bomb forward' or 'to bomb on' in football?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'kill off the game' in football?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'To get on the end of' when used in football?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'dead rubber' in football?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'to be caught ball watching'?
Sweat on: This week we read in the newspapers that Liverpool were sweating on the fitness of their star forward Felipe Coutinho
The verb 'to wallop' means to hit or beat someone or something but in football it has the meaning of heavily defeating another team.
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Glancing header'?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Turn the game on its head'?
What's the meaning of the phrase 'to pepper the goal' in football?
Scoreless Draw: When both teams fail to score in a game there are different ways to describe this result, including nil-nil and ...
Caretaker Manager: What's the meaning of the football phrase 'caretaker manager'? It is connected to the role of a ...
To press: This verb has been increasingly popular over the last few years. This is when a team without the ball rushes towards the...
This week we will look at the verb phrase to track back which means to ...
What's the meaning of the word 'host' in football?
Clinical finishing: The basic meaning here is related to how efficient a team is with respect to their performance and particularly in...
In this football language podcast we look at the phrase 'soft penalty'.
What is the meaning of the football cliche 'to fill your boots in football?
What is the meaning of the football cliche 'a marathon not a sprint' in football?
What is the meaning of the phrase '(to) hog the ball' / 'ball hog' in football?
What is the meaning of the phrase '(to) dig deep' in football?
Win ugly: Teams cannot always play in an attacking, stylish or beautiful way - often they have to defend a lot and maybe win on a counter...
Stunner: This word is used to describe a wonderful goal in football and usually this goal has been scored from long range - maybe from out...
This week's English for football phrase is 'CONMEBOL', which is the name of the South American football organisation.
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This week's weekly football post explains the phrase ball to hand.
What's the meaning of the word 'interception' in football?
This week's English for football phrase is 'drop points' and is used in football to describe when a team does not win all three points...
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